Senate roll call 721 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1871
To adjourn and thereby postpone consideration of H. R. 2995 (16 stat 515), a bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the ser
On Mar 1, 1871, the Senate voted 20–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–12, Democrats 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Mar 1, 1871
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 12 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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